Wetherspoon will pay its 43,000 staff this Friday for the hours worked last week, while the first payment under Government’s wages scheme will be made on April 3. Chairman Tim Martin has been under attack for sending staff home last week, with workers saying they would not be paid. One pub in south London had … Read more
Airline pledges to pay passengers up to £7,300 if they test positive for coronavirus after flying with them Vietjet says it will be making the payouts as part of its ‘Sky Covid Care Insurance’ It is being offered to all eligible passengers on its domestic services for free The airline will pay out for confirmed … Read more
‘She was the light of our lives’: Heartbroken parents pay tribute to seven-year-old girl stabbed to death in park Emily Jones was stabbed in ‘random and unprovoked’ attack in Bolton on Sunday A 30-year-old woman, who was not known to the family, was arrested afterwards Police said the woman has since been sectioned under the Mental … Read more
Woman, 21, with no pre-existing conditions dies from coronavirus, family reveal as they pay tribute Chloe Middleton from Buckinghamshire is believed to have died of coronavirus Her mother Diane posted a heartbreaking tribute to her on social media Urged people who think the illness it is ‘just a virus’ to think again Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more
I arranged a holiday to Italy this June and paid a deposit of £400 to Tui when I initially booked and the full balance was due on Saturday, 21 March. I phoned Tui on Thursday 12 March to enquire whether it would be possible to transfer the holiday without additional cost to the same time … Read more
Angela Rippon was responsible for one of the most memorable moments in British television history. It came in the Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special in 1976, when 20 million gawped as she emerged from behind her Nine O’Clock News desk to high-kick round the studio like an autocue Ginger Rogers. Four decades on, give or … Read more
British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic. BA employs 4,500 pilots who will take two weeks of unpaid leave each month. The reduction in their salary will be spread out over three months to … Read more
With the outbreak of Coronavirus impacting most aspects of daily life, millions will turn to their insurer to be reimbursed for lost income, cancelled weddings, holidays and unpaid rent by tenants. But as the economy is already feeling the strain from loss of revenue, will those insurance contracts, so dutifully bought by consumers and landlords, … Read more
Wealthy shoppers were offered an abundance of fresh organic produce today while customers at Sainsbury’s and Asda were confronted by empty shelves due to panic-buying amid the coronavirus pandemic. Visitors to Harrods were able to choose between three types of tomatoes – including Juno cherry tomatoes selling at £40 per kg – up to 14 … Read more
The Government must cover the wages of workers’ threatened with the loss of their livelihoods due to the coronavirus, furious MPs demanded today. Treasury minister John Glen was blasted by both Labour and Tory backbenchers as he tried to explain help for those facing unemployment as the economy goes into meltdown in the face of … Read more